Sunday, October 16, 2016

War, and Rumors of War: Victory That Abides

Countering the Jihads--Both Foreign and Domestic1 Samuel 17:45–46Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts…This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand…that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel."

"It’s not a good idea to tell someone what you want them to stop doing unless you offer them an alternative behavior to replace it with. My recommendation is to focus on the instances where people in the Counterjihad movement are doing what needs to be done, and having an effect.The most recent example is from France. Given that France is one of the nations most frequently dismissed as “hopeless” or “lost”, Mayor Robert Ménard of Béziers is a shining example for the rest of us. I know of no other local elected official in any country west of the old Iron Curtain who has done as much as he has to further our cause.And he’s in France. France is lost, right?No, it’s not. No Western country is “lost”. It ain’t over till it’s over.Other examples to be celebrated are Geert Wilders and Nigel Farage. The latter is despised by those who prefer ideological purity, because he wasn’t willing to tackle the issue of mass Islamic immigration. They’re right; he didn’t. But he was the major engine behind the Brexit. Doesn’t that count for anything? After Britain leaves the EU, many other things become possible. And the dominoes might, just might, begin to fall.And then there’s Donald Trump. I’ll never class myself as a Trump supporter — I probably disagree with at least half of his stated positions, and am appalled by some of them — but by God, he hasn’t changed his position on immigration in all the years I’ve been paying attention to him. Since I consider mass immigration to be the single most important issue of our time, I’ll gladly pull the lever (or rather, touch the screen) for him next month.The New World Order wants to stop him by any means necessary. From the UN down to the lowliest Democrat machine pol — all of them have made it clear that there is nothing more important than stopping Donald Trump.That alone is reason enough to vote for him.The most inspiring examples, of course, are from the formerly Communist East. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Czech President Miloš Zeman, and Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico give us plenty of reasons to celebrate. When Westerners finally come to their senses and start supporting real patriots, those gentlemen from the Visegrad Four can serve as inspiring role models for the new breed of politicians.I could continue in this vein with more examples, but I’ve worn myself out. If you want to keep finding horseshoes and pulling the nails out of them, by all means go right ahead.As for me, I’ll just dig my spurs into the old nag and hope she’ll carry me into battle just one more time." ...........Debbie Hallberg at American Thinker: It's Not an Election. It's a War."There are an awful lot of people out there who still think this is a conventional election, that we are choosing between two candidates on the basis of experience, policies, and character.This is not a conventional election. This is, as the late, great Andrew Breitbart put it, "war!"An all-out culture war.It's not a war that conservatives started or have ever wanted. It is a war that has been thrust on us. But if we don't treat it as a war, if we don't take it seriously as a war, we will lose and lose miserably. We will lose not just for the next four years, but for the next 40 years, and possibly the next 400 years.In other words, this is not a skirmish or a tiny battle, as the #NeverTrump crowd imagines. If we don't defeat the enemy in November, there may not be another chance for a long time to come.When you're at war, your tactics change considerably. For your leader, you don't want a gentleman warrior or an intellectual who is good at articulating ideas but not very good in the trenches. Those are peacetime leaders, perhaps, but not wartime generals. At time of war, you pick a general who is tough as nails and will lead you confidently into battle and be victorious. You choose someone who knows how important it is, as Winston Churchill said, to "Never give up! Never give up! Never, never, never-never-never-never!" The general you pick may be foul-mouthed, crude, or brusque. He may have any number of personal failings. Those things don't matter in war. What matters is:Is he on your side?Is he a fighter?Can he rally the troops?Can he weaken the opponent?Can he administer death blows when needed?Can he emerge victorious?" ...This is war, ladies and gentlemen. It's not a conventional election, and it's not a gentlemen's disagreement or a skirmish or a fistfight. You can't sit at home with popcorn and enjoy the show, because eventually the lights will come up, and we will be saddled with either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump for four years.If it's Hillary, then you can gird yourself for what will surely be daily battles over guns, free speech, Supreme Court nominees, higher taxes, more immigration, more years of a bad economy, and a multitude of other bad decisions.Or you can take your chances with the elephant, Donald J. Trump.Whose side on you on?"...........1 Samuel 15:29 “And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor relent...”

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We're Redeemables

...because Jesus Christ redeems! “This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life."--John 3:16 - Message Bible

Love, Mum

The Peoples' House Again

Mar-a-Lago North

Leadership At Last

Our Team

Flag Football

E pluribus unum 4-ever

Galilean Vineyard

How It's Done

Gov.-Elect Reagan speaks to the Deep State Coup: "To a number of us, this is a first and hence a solemn and momentous occasion, and yet, on the broad page of state and national history, what is taking place here is almost commonplace routine. We are participating in the orderly transfer of administrative authority by direction of the people. And this is the simple magic which makes a commonplace routine a near miracle to many of the world's inhabitants: the continuing fact that the people, by democratic process, can delegate this power, yet retain custody of it. Perhaps you and I have lived with this miracle too long to be properly appreciative. Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again. Knowing this, it is hard to explain those who even today would question the people's capacity for self-rule. Will they answer this: if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else? Using the temporary authority granted by the people, an increasing number lately have sought to control the means of production, as if this could be done without eventually controlling those who produce. Always this is explained as necessary to the people's welfare. But, "The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principle upon which it was founded" [Montesquieu]. This is as true today as it was when it was written in 1748. Government is the people's business, and every man, woman and child becomes a shareholder with the first penny of tax paid. With all the profound wording of the Constitution, probably the most meaningful words are the first three: "We, the People." Those of us here today who have been elected to constitutional office or legislative position are in that three-word phrase. We are of the people, chosen by them to see that no permanent structure of government ever encroaches on freedom or assumes a power beyond that freely granted by the people."--California and the Problem of Government Growth, January 5, 1967

Standing for the Anthem

...the Communist Anthem.

An entire high school team and coaches turn backs on our flag

"I will contend with those who contend with you, and your children I will save."--Isaiah 49:25

Hula I luna

Bull Moose Party, too!

Beth Anavim

"No" 2 O

Nautical Rita

Palm Beach

Reunion Day

My friend Bo

My friend Jack

Flamingo love

Mandingo love

"No juzgue."

I Fell

A Summer's Day

A Winters Day

Shone like an emerald, Encircled the throne

Angel, Rockford, Angel

Haifa Evening

The Art of War

Shout!

Dive Bar

EEOC vs. "Don't Tread on Me"

Without that Revolutionary War flag, there wouln't even be any Equal Opportunity to worry about.

Mysterious Ways

The Rest of the Story

American Dive-Bomber

American Bomb Diver

Flipper, Skipper

Land of the Free, Home of the Brave

Slipping the Surly Bonds

Honky Chonch-in'

Her word is her Bond.

Resting Place

The Vine & Fig

"[I] wish you may possess health and spirits to enjoy, after we shall have seated ourselves under our own Vines and Fig trees, if it is the gracious will of Providence to permit it, the return of many happy years."--George Washington to John Armstrong, January 10, 1783

NYC Police Commissioner Teddy Roosevelt

"This isn't just a War on Cops--it's a war on the very idea of policing. It is a war on our civilization. Have you gone mad?"

The First Battle of Lepanto

What if...

...they gave a War on Cops and nobody came?

Unity!

First on the Fourth

The Other Side

The Specialists

"I judge the civilization of any community by simple tests. What is the degree of freedom possessed by the citizen or subject? Can he think, speak and act freely under well-established, well-known laws? Can he criticize the executive government? Can he sue the State if it has infringed his rights? Are there also great processes for changing the law to meet new conditions?"

Bounty of the Valley

Keys 2 Flight

The Fundamentalist

Stick to Your Guns

"Do you know why the bulldog's nose slants backwards? So that he can breathe without letting go."

Soda Pop Stars

"There's one for you, nineteen for me..."

The Champs

“I do not want to go back to the past; I want to go back to the past way of facing the future."--Ronald Reagan

Braves in Boats

My Kind of Reefer

Beneath the Wings

Some Florida Love

photo: Ryan Sexton

Fly Girls

Real pioneers, not a phony grifter granny

Your Heritage

Doctor, Doctor, Gimme the News

"Hillary Clinton's idea that we have to see the world from our adversaries' point of view — and even "empathize" with it — is not new. Back in 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain said, "I have realized vividly how Herr Hitler feels." Ronald Reagan, however, made sure our adversaries understood how we felt. Reagan's approach turned out a lot better than Chamberlain's." And Granny Clinton's, the Consumptive Nominee

Shofar

So Good

Safe Space

We Salute You, Neil Armstrong

The Zumwalt

Bud's Boat

Beach Day

Giant Brothers

5 Stars

Audie N Deutschland

The Scarlet Thread

Father 2 Father

Hope Smokes

St. Peter's Fish

Cast a hook

Purple Reign

Old Grand-Dad

"Inky Dinky Parlez Vous!"

Spirit of Lepanto

Everybody's Learnin' How

Maud Squad

I Declare

"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."

Wherever Fine Grapes Are Sold

Honor Is Due

“Of course it’s the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.”

Obama Clown Car Meet Mr. T

Venus @ the Louvre

"See what happens if you keep chewing your nails?"--Will Rogers to his neice